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Venue Ticker

A scrolling band across the big screen for specials, shout-outs, and reminders.

What the Venue Ticker is

The Venue Ticker is a strip of scrolling text that rides across the venue display, at the top or the bottom, while the main content plays underneath. Use it for drink specials, the next event, a happy-hour reminder, sponsor shout-outs, or a welcome to a birthday table. It keeps a message moving in front of the room without interrupting the game.

You build ticker sets ahead of time: a named list of messages with a look you pick. On the night you start a set, and it appears on every screen tied to your venue at once. Update it live, or stop it, without touching the projector.

Build a ticker set

A ticker set is a named group of messages plus its styling. Each message is a plain line of text you type, and the ticker cycles through them in order with a separator between. Save as many sets as you like: one for weeknights, one for game day, one for private parties.

  1. Open your Ticker Sets page.
  2. Create a set and give it a name you will recognize later.
  3. Add your messages, one line each.
  4. Set the look: scroll speed, text size, position, colors, and font.
  5. Save the set so it is ready to start on the night.

Style it to fit the screen

Each set carries its own styling. Choose the scroll speed and the text size, put the band at the top or the bottom of the screen, and set the text color and background. Backgrounds can be a solid color or a gradient, so the ticker can match your venue's look or stand out as a bright promo bar.

New sets start from sensible defaults: a readable mid speed, a size that reads from across the room, and a bottom position that sits out of the way of the main content. Adjust any of it, and the change is yours to save.

The bottom position keeps the band clear of questions and scores. Move it to the top when the main content already uses the lower screen.

Keep each message short. A tight line reads cleanly as it scrolls; a long one is gone before the room finishes it.

Run it live

Start a set and it pushes to every display connected to your venue right away, scrolling over whatever is on screen. While it runs you can update the messages or the styling on the fly, and the change lands without a restart. Stop the set and the band clears, leaving the main content clean.

  1. Start a ticker set when you want the band on screen.
  2. Update the messages or styling live as the night changes (last call, a new special).
  3. Stop the ticker when you no longer need it.

Related guides

Ticker messages are text you write. The venue ticker does not fill itself in, so what scrolls is exactly what you type, which keeps it on-brand and on-message.

One set covers all your screens. Starting a set shows it on every display tied to your venue at once, and updates reach them all together.

During karaoke the display runs its own on-screen ticker, so your venue ticker steps aside for that segment and returns after.